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Stanford HAI’s 2025 AI Index Reveals Record Growth in AI Capabilities, Investment, and Regulation U.S. leads in model development, China narrows performance gap, and global optimism rises despite persistent challenges in reasoning and trust Today, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) released its 2025 AI Index report which provides a comprehensive look at the global state of artificial intelligence. Now in its eighth edition, the AI Index tracks, distills, and visualizes data across technical performance, economic impact, education, policy, and responsible AI, offering an empirical foundation for understanding AI’s rapid evolution. This press release features multimedia. View the full…

While the tech bros of the world declare the singularity – the moment where artificial intelligence (AI) surpasses human intelligence – imminent, various AI systems are still struggling with tasks humans can perform with ease.For instance, image generators struggle with hands, teeth, or a glass of wine that is full to the brim, while large language model (LLM) chatbots are easily vexed by problems that can be solved by most 8-year-old humans. As well as this, they are still prone to “hallucinations”, or serving up plausible-sounding lies rather than true information.Despite these problems, search and other tech giants have been…

ARMONK, N.Y., April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced plans to invest $150 billion in America over the next five years to fuel the economy and to accelerate its role as the global leader in computing. This includes an investment of more than $30 billion in research and development to advance and continue IBM’s American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers. IBM Quantum System Two “Technology doesn’t just build the future — it defines it,” said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We have been focused on American jobs and manufacturing since our founding…

[Image from Pixabay]The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative recently announced the establishment of the Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub to drive children’s healthcare innovation. Launched in collaboration with the Boston-based Charles H. Hood Foundation — which has committed $15 million toward the effort over the next five years — the hub will focus on developing technologies and treatments tailored specifically for children, meeting unmet needs in pediatric medicine. Leveraging MIT’s life science strengths, the hub will provide seed funding and strategic support for bold, high-impact research projects with the potential to transform children’s healthcare. In addition to supporting researchers with…

Starlink is poised to launch in South Korea this year, pending regulatory approvals, as global demand for low-orbit satellite connectivity surges. On April 27, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT announced system improvements to facilitate low-orbit satellite communication services like Starlink and the U.K.’s OneWeb. Low-orbit satellites, operating at 300–1,500 km, enable high-speed internet without extensive ground infrastructure, serving remote areas, ships, and airplanes. “If we start domestic services, high-speed Wi-Fi services will be available on airplanes, and we will be able to provide online video services (OTT) and video calls to crews on long-haul ships,” said Minister of…

Between 2013 and 2024, global private sector investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has surged, with a few countries leading the charge. Recent data reveals that 12 nations accounted for the bulk of global AI funding during this period, underscoring a growing international race for technological leadership. The United States leads by a wide margin, raising $471 billion—more than the rest of the world combined. China follows with $119 billion, while the United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel round out the top five with $28 billion and $15 billion each, respectively. Read also: Top countries leading in artificial intelligence patents This concentrated…

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AI-based coding has exploded in popularity on the promise that it will make developers’ jobs faster and easier. But it’s also resulted in something else: a vast increase in lines of code, and thus the likelihood of bugs resulting in crashes or other mishaps. Today, an Israeli startup called Lightrun — which has built an observability platform to identify and debug (remediate) code before those problems arise — is announcing a Series B of $70 million. The funding underscores the not just the gap in the market for tools like these, but also Lightrun’s traction in meeting that demand.  New…

Balfour has expanded its legacy to include class rings, varsity jackets, caps and gowns, school uniforms, and yearbooks.Balfour.com As the academic calendar approaches its end, Balfour is garnishing students in the commemorative and commencement fashion that hold memories for each journey. For over a century, Balfour has been a cornerstone of academic celebration across the United States. Best known for its class rings, varsity jackets, caps and gowns, school uniforms, and yearbooks, the company’s legacy runs deep in the emotional fabric of American student life. Founded in 1913, entrepreneur L.G. Balfour recognized two growing trends; increasing college enrollment and a…

When dreaming of the day artificial intelligence achieves human-like ability, former Airbus CTO Paul Eremenko says he’s always done so in the context of building real-world machines. “I want an AI superintelligence that can build us starships and Dyson spheres,” he told Fortune—the latter being a hypothetical sci-fi megastructure that would harness energy from a star.While his dream is still a long way off, Eremenko is laying the groundwork. He has joined forces with former Google DeepMind researcher Aleksa Gordic, and Adam Nagel, an engineering leader previously at Acubed, Airbus’s innovation center. Together, they have founded P-1 AI, which emerged…